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Worcester Credit Union CEO Duffy to retire

Karen Duffy, the longtime CEO of Worcester Credit Union, is retiring at the end of August.

Filling the leadership vacuum

We're not even a quarter of the way through 2019, and yet it seems a whole class...

McGourthy named state economic development deputy secretary

Tim McGourthy, executive director of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, has been hired as deputy secretary in the state's housing and economic development office.

McGourthy leaving as WRRB executive director

Tim McGourthy, executive director of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, will leave the nonprofit organization by the end of March.
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Read the full WBJ-WRRB City of Immigrant report

The WBJ and Worcester Regional Research Bureau embarked on a monthslong look at the impact of immigrant businesses in Worcester. The project found foreign-born residents make up 36 percent of the city's business owners.

City of Immigrants: Foreign-born residents have unusually large impact on Worcester’s economy

Immigrants in Worcester are more likely than native citizens to start their own business and have bachelor's degrees, giving them a disproportionate share of the economy.

Coming to Worcester: The city’s immigrant population has shifted in the last decade

For a century starting in the 1870s, immigrants moving into Worcester almost exclusively came from Europe and North America. That's no longer the case.

Get to know Worcester’s immigrants

Throughout history, our cities have absorbed a larger portion of immigrants into their new home, and today is no different.
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The importance of immigrants

WBJ this year partnered with our friends over at the Worcester Regional Research Bureau to learn more about the historic and modern impacts immigrants had in our city.

Be cautious in assessing changes in median income

Much caution needs to be exercised in interpreting figures regarding supposed changes in local income.
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